Security Council: Disarmament Commission

1957 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 659-661
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Great Powers ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
International Convention ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Two Stages

The Sub-Committee (Canada, France, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and United States) of the Disarmament Commission held its 87th–157th meetings in London, March 18—September 6, 1957. On March 18, the Soviet representative presented a proposal for an international convention on the reduction of armaments and armed forces and the prohibition of atomic and hydrogen weapons, in accordance with a resolution passed by the General Assembly at its ninth session. He outlined two stages, one to be carried out in 1957–58 and one in 1959, and stated that it would be desirable to establish control posts at such places as large ports and railway junctions and to establish zones of limitation and inspection in Europe, including the territory of both parts of Germany and that of the states adjoining them. During the first stage, the five great powers were to reduce their armed forces to levels not higher than those suggested in the Anglo-French memorandum of March 29, 1955, and the Soviet proposals of May 10, 1955. During the second stage, inter alia, the production of atomic and hydrogen weapons was to becompletely discontinued and provision was to be made for the elimination of those weapons from armaments and the destruction of stockpiles of them.

Security Council: Disarmament Commission

1956 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 429-434
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Good Faith ◽  
Director General ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Control Organ

The Sub-Committee of the Disarmament Commission (Canada, France, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and United States) held its 69th through 86th meetings, from March 19, 1956 through May 4, 1956, in London. France and the United Kingdom submitted a working document on March 19 providing for a plan in three stages, each of which was divided from the following one by the operations which were to be carried out by the control organ; each signatory was entitled to request an extension after each stage if one of the contracting parties had in good faith been unable to fulfill its obligations, the case being referred to the Security Council in certain clearly specified serious cases. The first stage called for the following sequence: 1) states would prohibit the use of nuclear weapons except in defense against aggression; 2) the general assembly of the international disarmament organization would meet to designate the non-permanent members of the executive committee and the director-general of the control organ; 3) the director-general would begin the recruitment and positioning of the first elements of the control organ; 4) after states had declared the levels of their armed forces and conventional armaments, they would not exceed those levels or their total declared military expenditure; 5) simultaneously, the aerial surveys provided for in the Eisenhower plan at Geneva, the fixed controls provided for in the Bulganin plan, and financial inspection would come into operation; 6) a meeting of the general assembly of the international disarmament organization would determine levels of armed forces and conventional armaments for states other than the permanent members of the Security Council, on the understanding that the highest of those levels would be “considerably below” the lowest of those fixed for the permanent members of the Security Council;

General Assembly

1960 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 563-575
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Special Session ◽  
New Members ◽  
The Soviet Union

The fourth emergency special session of the General Assembly, summoned by the Secretary-General in accordance with a resolution adopted by the Security Council at its 906th meeting on September 16, 1960, was held from September 17 through 19, 1960. During consideration of the provisional agenda, Mr. Wadsworth (United States) suggested that the admission of new members, scheduled for the regular fifteenth session of the General Assembly, be added to the agenda of the emergency session as item No. 1. After objections to this addition were voiced by the Soviet Union, several African states, and others, on the ground that the necessary documents were not yet in the hands of the Assembly, a proposal by the representative of Guinea for postponement of the matter was adopted by 43 votes to none, with 26 abstentions.

Security Council

1954 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-517
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Security Council ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Peace ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
Foreign Ministers

The question of the threat to Thailand was discussed by the Security Council at its 673d and 674th meetings. After again explaining the reasons for his government's belief that the condition of tension in the general region in which Thailand was located would, if continued, endanger the maintenance of international peace and security, the Thai representative, Pote Sarasin, again requested that the Peace Observation Commission establish a sub-commission of from three to five members to dispatch observers to Thailand and to visit Thailand itself if it were deemed necessary. The Thai draft differed from earlier Thai proposals, however, in that the original mandate of the sub-commission applie only to the territory of Thailand; if the sub-commission felt that it could not adequately accomplish its mission without observation or visit in states contiguous to Thailand, the Peace Observation Commission or the Security Council could issue the necessary instructions. Representatives of New Zealand, Turkey, Brazil, China, the United Kingdom, the United States, Denmark, Colombia and France spoke in support of the Thai draft. They denied, as had been alleged by the Soviet representative (Tsarapkin) at an earlier meeting, that Council consideration or action on this question would be detrimental to the success of the negotiations between the Foreign Ministers of the United States, United Kingdom, France, Chinese People's Republic, Soviet Union and other states in Geneva. While agreeing that it would be impropitious for the Council to consider directly the situation in Indochina as long as it was being discussed in Geneva, they argued that the question raised by Thailand was quite separate and that the Council had a duty to comply with the Thai request.

Security Council: Disarmament Commission

1955 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 516-516
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Security Council ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The United Kingdom

The Disarmament Commission held its 44th meeting in New York on November 19, 1954, under the chairmanship of Mr. A. Vyshinsky (Soviet Union) and considered the re-establishment of the Sub-Committee of the Disarmament Commission, in conformity with a resolution of the ninth session of the General Assembly. The United Kingdom delegate (Dixon) stated that in his opinion the Sub-Committee was already in existence, and it would be more accurate to speak of reconvening than of re-establishing it. He further proposed that the Sub-Committee should hold a procedural meeting in New York during December, 1954, so that the first substantive meeting might be held at about the end of January. Mr. Moch (France) expressed approval of the United Kingdom proposals, and added that the procedural meeting should be held at the beginning of December. At the suggestion of the chairman, who also favored the United Kingdom proposal, the Commission without a formal vote agreed to request the Sub-Committee to resume its work during December, and, taking the Commission's wishes into account, to decide itself on the subsequent order of its work.

Peace-Keeping and Disarmament: A Report of the Discussions at the Conference of the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament

1963 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan F. Neidle
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
The United States ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
United Arab Republic ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
General Assembly Resolution

Pursuant to agreement between the Soviet Union and the United States, endorsed by General Assembly resolution of December 20, 1961, representatives of the following countries took part in the Conference of the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament: Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia, India, Italy, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Rumania, Sweden, the Soviet Union, the United Arab Republic, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Text of Three Part Proposal Submitted by the United States Delegation on Behalf of the United States, United Kingdom and France at the Meeting of the Deputies of the Foreign Ministers, Paris, May 2, 1951

1951 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 661-662
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Foreign Ministers

Examination of the causes and effects of present international tensions in Europe and of the means to secure a real and lasting improvement in the relations between the Soviet Union, the United States, United Kingdom and France, including the following questions relating to: the demilitarization of Germany; the existing level of armaments and armed forces and measures to be proposed jointly by the USSR, United States, United Kingdom and France for the international control and reduction of armaments and armed forces; fulfillment of present treaty obligations and agreements; the elimination of the threat of war and fear of aggression.

Amendments to the Charter of the United Nations

1966 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 430-431
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Security Council ◽  
The United States ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Social Council ◽  
The United Nations

Amendments to Articles 23, 27, and 61 of the Charter of the United Nations, adopted by the General Assembly on December 17, 1963, came into force on August 31, 1965. The amendment to Article 23 enlarges the membership of the Security Council from eleven to fifteen. The amended Article 27 provides that decisions of the Security Council on procedural matters be made by an affirmative vote of nine members (formerly seven) and on all other matters by an affirmative vote of nine members (formerly seven), including the concurring votes of the five permanent members of the Security Council (China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States). The amendment to Article 61 enlarges the membership of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) from eighteen to 27.

Security Council

1951 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 737-742
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Security Council ◽  
The United States ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The United Kingdom

This issue covers the work of the Security Council from its 549th meeting on July 26 to its 558th meeting on September 1, 1951. During July the President of the Council was the representative of the United Kingdom, Sir Gladwyn Jebb; during August, Warren R. Austin, representative of the United States; and during September, Ales Bebler, representative of Yugoslavia. The 554th meeting and the 557th meetings, devoted to discussion of the Council's report to the General Assembly, were held in private. During debate on the Palestine question the representatives of Israel, Egypt and Iraq were invited to participate without vote in Council proceedings

General Assembly

1954 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 498-512
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
The United States ◽  
Republic Of Korea ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Peaceful Settlement ◽  
Geneva Conference ◽  
Foreign Ministers

Korea: Geneva Conference, April–June, 1954: At the Berlin meeting of the foreign ministers of the United States, France, United Kingdom and Soviet Union in January–February 1954, it was decided to hold a conference to seek a peaceful settlement of the Korean question and to restore peace in Indochina. The states participating in the discussions of a settlement for Korea were to be the United States, France, United Kingdom, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Republic of Korea, People's Democratic Republic of Korea, thirteen other countries which had participated in the Korean hostilities under United Nations command, and the Chinese People's Republic. At the insistence of Mr. Dulles (United States), a provision was added to the effect that the extension to any state of an invitation to the conference would not imply diplomatic recognition of that state in any case where it had not already been accorded.

Security Council: Disarmament Commission

1956 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-148
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Security Council

The Sub-Committee of the Disarmament Commission (Canada, France, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and United States) held its 21 st meeting at UN Headquarters on December 8, 1954, considered administrative and procedural arrangements, and agreed to continue its discussions in London. Meetings from February 25 (22d) through May 18 (49th) were held there. The 50th meeting was held at UN Headquarters on June I, and the Sub-Committee reconvened at Headquarters for the 51st through the 68th meetings (August 29 through October 7).

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